Any question answered...

Falling over because you can't get your foot out of a strap (unlikely to ever happen unless you're really drunk) is going to be a lot less painful than falling over because you hit a car / lorry when you can't brake properly...

Fair point.
Anyway, as i said; im getting straps.

We confusing ride to work schemes with loans?

Si si!

Unfortunately the frame builder I want to use doesn't participate in the Cycle2Work scheme :-(

htfu

I just shotgunned a whole can of this, good enough for you?

Funnily enough i wear a helmet everywhere i go, as that is just plain logic in regards to safety, but as a new fixie rider i just assumed I didn't need brakes on my bike as they have nothing to do with plain logic or safety

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Anyone have any experience of eyedrops? Any tips? I'm going to pick some up tomorrow but have no experience of intentionally putting stuff in my eyes.

as it says on the tin

How fast would I have to have been going this morning for the wind chill to have been wind warm?

repost

Oh really? I'd never seen it before, I just made it on paint... #sarcasmovertheinternetisreallydifficult

tyre boot

is the idea just to use it as a stop gap to get you home - 2nd tyre in a week that has been slashed by london's famous shitty streets

should i just leave the boot in or just ditch the tyre entirely

i do now have a schwalbe durano plus to install, which may be a more reliable course of action

I will not let the boot inside forever, in my experience the boot will eventually puncture the tube with the edges, 4-5 days will be ok, tho

with the pressure of the tube, nothing will get inside so dont worry for that

if you want to reuse the tire why dont glue the tire together with superglue and patch it up with a big patch in the inside, also works

in polo is very normal to use boots, as we skid through the tires in regular bases and you need something the get you home

Theres something up with my internets, I can't load certain websites (lfgss, wiggle, wikipedia etc), doesn't matter what device i use. How ever i'm currently using a proxy and i can load this site with no issues. I've tried connecting straight to modem (virgin) and clearing my DNS cache (chrome) with no avail. I spoke to Virgin and they said it was a problem with my router which it clearly isn't as they pages don't load with a direct router connection.

anyone got any suggestions?

Switch it off and count to 10.

first thing i tried

I think Virgins' traffic shaping is now extending to blocking, I cannot access certain sites via my cable DSL connection that I can go straight to at work or via Vodafone 3G on my telephone.

www.farsports.cn

Spotter- can you get to that website?

yep no problem

Hmm, I time out over and over.

LFGSS/Wiggle and Wiki are all fine for me.

maybe something's up with virgin, try loading farsports with the proxy i'm using

Yep, works straight away via the proxy

what's a used Cinelli xa worth?

Yep, works straight away via the proxy

check here:
https://my.virginmedia.com/faults/service-status

for me it says:

Service Disruption
intermittent connection issues on your broadband internet service
Reported on: Sun 16 Oct 2011, 06:27 PM
Estimated fix time: Mon 17 Oct 2011, 08:00 AM
Fault reference: F001770031

Are you in SE London?

My result:

Service Disruption

                    intermittent connection issues on your broadband internet service
                 Reported on: **Sun 16 Oct 2011, 06:27 PM**

Estimated fix time: Mon 17 Oct 2011, 08:00 AM
Fault reference: **F001770031

**I thought you were in the Wales.

I am in wales atm yes, obviously its a big problem

How much can I expect for a charge plug bike (or frame) with a few extra bits and pieces that aren't stock items e.g. On one wheelset, drop bars + brakes, gator skin tires and tubes. I was thinking around £80-100 for frame and forks only (with the chance of carbon forks) and say £250-300 full bike?

sounds about right

I would say £300 for bike is pretty fair.